<VV> Carb Fuel Filter "Stones"

[Marc Sheridan]

It just might be the fuel pump. I drove all the way from Southern Ohio to
Sterling Heights without a problem. At the motel, right after I changed out
the speedo cable that quit 30 miles from house, the engine quickly died,
seemingly starved for gas, in the parking lot on the test drive for the
cable. I changed out the fuel pump and never had another problem. Lucky for
me all this transpired in the motel parking lot across the street from the
International Corvair convention instead of downtown Detroit!

Marc Sheridan
Waverly Ohio


On 8/7/07, David George <dgeorge at heritage-consultants.com> wrote:
>
> Been having a problem with my 65 vert today in that it idles well enough
> but
> has power loss under load (feels like running out of gas). Have read other
> threads about it and understand that the problem could range from
> something
> picked up out of the bottom of the gas tank, to bad coil, to points
> problem,
> to water in the gas. To give you a little background, the car has been
> running pretty well (a little rough when cold but smoothes out after a
> minute) and I drove it about 50 miles the other day without incident. That
> is, until I turned onto my street. As I turned, the car downshifted and
> then
> the issue began. Done all the basic checks: linkage between carbs still
> attached and working fine, good stream of gas getting to both carbs, all
> plug wires on and seated well, etc.. I have not read in any of the threads
> that anyone changed the "Carb Fuel Filter Stones" to try and resolve this
> issue. Has anyone done it and did it help? I do have new plug wires and
> coil
> on order from Clark's and plan to install them this weekend. Just curious
> if
> anyone has changed the "stones" and if it helped. My gut is that the
> problem
> is fuel related and not ignition, but some of you guys may know better
> than
> me. Any advice on the stones and the problem in general would be greatly
> appreciated. Thanks!
>
> By the way, I posted a while back about overheating. I did as many
> suggested
> and knocked the timing back a bit, cleaned under the shroud (although not
> much in there), cleaned out the oil cooler (very dirty), and removed the
> lower shrouds. Happy to report, no more overheating. No just this pesky
> power loss issue, which I am hopeful will turn out to be minor. Thanks
> again
> for all your help!
>
> Dave
>
>